59 3 TREATMENT SEEKING IN THE MILITARY - A QUANTITATIVE STUDY Differences between those military personnel who seek treatment and those who do not Both personnel who had not sought treatment and those who did not intend to seek treatment reported a significantly higher preference to solve their own problems (selfmanagement). For personnel with mental illness, those who had not sought treatment also assigned lower importance to advice they had received from others, were younger, and had less severe symptoms. For personnel without mental illnesses, those who did not intend to seek treatment were significantly more concerned about stigma-related consequences. They reported twice as much fear about negative career consequences (unemployment, not being able to advance in career and not being able to do what they like most), self-stigma, fear of social rejection and being blamed, and three times as much shame and fear of discrimination. Those who intended to seek treatment, and those who did not, differ significantly on all attitudes and beliefs, except for advice from others, confidentiality concerns, knowledge, and social support. Finally, there were no significant differences in the reported needs. See Table 2 for all attitudes, beliefs, and needs, including statistics.
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